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bells across boston tolled. it's the first day many are back to work and at school since those attacks. >> such a sad and tragic thing to happen here. but it's important for everybody to know that this is not going to affect the way that boston lives and works and breathes. >> reporter: late this afternoon, the fbi turned boylston street back over to the city of boston and presented the mayor with an american flag. bombing suspect johar tsarnaev made his first appearance before a judge in his hospital room. the 19-year-old is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death. he could face the death penalty if convicted. some lawmakers wanted tsarnaev declared an enemy combatant. but the white house is defending its decision to try him in u.s. courts. >> this is absolutely the right way to go and the appropriate way to go. and when it comes to united states citizens, it is against the law to try them in military commissions. >> reporter: in the suburb of
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medford, a funeral was held for 29-year-old krystle cambell. mourners offered support to her family. >> be strong. it's a long road. it's not going to be easy. but feel the strength in the community and we're behind them. and they'll get through it. >> reporter: campbell was one of three marathon spectators killed in the blasts. the judge who presided over the hospital room court hearing described the -year-old suspect as alert and mentally competent. he nodded in response to questions. in less than two hours, there's a special run in the north bay to honor those affected by the boston marathon bombings. the marin running company is organizing it. runners will leave from ross common park at 6:45. they will go on a 2.5-mile run and they will wear blue and yellow in honor of the marathon's official colors. our coverage on the boston marathon bombings continues here on kpix 5 and kpix.com. we also added a link to the one fund donation site for people affected by last week's events. developing news on a terror
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plot broken up by canadian authorities. they say two men were scheming to derail a passenger train in the toronto area. authorities say the suspects were in the planning phase for that attack and they were getting some outside help. >> the individuals were receiving support from al qaeda elements located in iran. >> the ects have been under surveillance for more than a year. authorities say the terrorist plot was not linked to the boston marathon bombings. air travelers may need to pack their patience. the warning from airports, expect flight delays or cancellations. kpix 5's ken bastida is live with mobile5 at sfo to explain the faa furloughs triggered by budget cuts. >> reporter: yeah, juliette. this thing has been threatened for the past several weeks now. the faa over the weekend going ahead and instituting the sequestration cutbacks. essentially, this means about a 10% reduction for all the faa
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controllers around the country. so we checked with the airport duty manager at sfo,. he says no significant cancellations or delays in the bay area but they had problems at los angeles international airport yesterday. of course, that was the first day that the sequestration cutbacks went in and they were experiencing two-hour delays. so what does this mean? we talked to mario ianello who flies lot between l.a. and san francisco. is otr inconvenience for travelers. >> are you worried about any of this sequestration might cancel or delay one of your flights? >> not really. well, i'm more concerned about with the way the airline industry has been now -- i think they -- they have, uhm, made their flights either so full and cut back on flights, i think that's affected more of the schedule than really the air traffic control. >> reporter: they are actually not cutting back on personnel. what they are going to do is for these guys to take
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furloughs. it averages about one day every two weeks you have to take a day off. if you multiply that among all the thousands of air traffic control towers across the country, then you can see that it can be a problem. now, they say that some politics might be playing here. several members of congress are insinuating that basically the administration is allowing this to happen to sort of punish people and they are asking air travelers to start putting pressure on the faa to go ahead and find other ways to cut back some of this money. you don't have to do it through air traffic controllers. you can do it through other ways, just a little belt tightening as they say all it would take. holiday time? it's going to be rough. it could be real rough for a lot of people especially in some of the bigger airports. but as of right now, just too soon to tell. reporting live near sfo, i'm ken bastida, kpix 5. >> thank you. there is late word from the tsa
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the feds are delaying their policy that would allow passengers to carry knives, bags and other sports equipment on planes. no reason given. two people hurt when a refrigeration unit ruptured at a grocery store in the east bay. a repairman was servicing the unit at foods co in richmond when it blew sending freon into the store. the repairman hurt his hand and a store employee is being created for chemical inhalation. the store is closed while crews air out the building. it feels like a heat wave on this earth day for sure. brian hackney joining us with the hot spots in the bay area. >> i think paul is out enjoying this somewhere, which is very wise of that young man. [ laughter ] >> for us we are at near record highs. in some parts of the bay area we snapped records in at least four cities so no wonder out in pleasanton, they are taking to the pool. 87 degrees at 5:00 in pleasanton. that's a mighty nice way to make a splash on a day like this. highs today around the bay area, boy, they really did warm
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up to record setting territory in santa rosa and in oakland and also in concord and mountain view with temperatures today -- i don't know why there's no numbers on the screen, but perhaps this has -- there we go. watch them up here. 73 in san francisco, 88 in santa rosa. that's a record. 87 at napa. 90 at fairfield. concord snapped a record. 87 at livermore. almost a record. and yet if summer in april isn't your idea of a good time, there is relief in sight and we'll have that when we do the forecast about 5 minutes from now. we'll see you then. >> all right, brian, thanks. today is earth day. san mateo county and four cities are showing their support for the environment by banning plastic shopping bags. we sent kpix 5's len ramirez to find out the pros and cons. >> reporter: allen, i'm here in san jose. and san jose was one of the first big cities to have a bag ordinance in effect. it's been going on for more than a year so a lot of folks are getting used to the idea.
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and regular shoppers say it is now the new normal. reporter: life after the plastic bag ban in san jose. >> i'm glad you asked. >> reporter: a year and five months since it's been on the books, and it's not a sad sack story for jill malone. >> you know, i just have a bunch of bags in my car. if i forget sometimes i just put the food in a cart and i put it -- bag it in the trunk m i think it>> rte but others complain about paying the extra dime f recyclable bag if they come shopping without them. >> it's a pain to buy them when i forget them. >> reporter: more cities are banning plastic bags including 12 new cities in san mateo county. plastic bags end up as litter, clog storm drains, don't biodegrade as easily and most are made out of unrecyclable material. santa clara is one of the places that still allow them. >> i still enjoy santa clara
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still being a bag city. that's why i'm choosing this safeway. >> reporter: in march santa clara set a goal of creating a bag ban ordinance but so far there's no action. and that's fine with donnie sales. >> makes it easier to carry up three stories. >> reporter: others say they like having them around the house for other uses. >> using them for trash mostly. >> reporter: wastebasket liner? >> exactly. >> reporter: one san jose shopper says he misses plastic bags for that use and now to fothem. >> i do go to a costco and buy the big wastebasket bags. i use those. >> reporter: but he says paper bags can be reused too and he feels better adapting to the post-plastic way of life. and a lot of folks in san mateo county will be adapting to that post-plastic way of life now that those bans are in effect. in santa clara county, looks like santa clara and morgan hill are working on bans. other cities that don't have them yet, our municipalities are working on them, as well.
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back to you. >> len, because i'm good at stating the obvious, if you look over your left shoulder the guy is putting groceries into a plastic bag there. >> reporter: you're right. i'm glad you asked about that that is one of the newer things here. this is a reusable and recyclable plastic bag. it's made out of a different kind of material something that you can use again and again and then throw into the recycling bin and this will actually be recycled. the other thinner ones are made of material that cannot recycled. so they end up as trash or go into the landfills and just fill everything up. >> these are the ones to use. make sure you can use them and they are 10 cents for this and for paper. they get you either way, paper or plastic. >> bring your own. thank you, len. a party known for going up in smoke leaves behind a nasty mess. how much taxpayers will have to shell out to clean up after their pot party. >> kids forced to take a break from competition. the common practice leading to
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severe sports injuries. >> if he is liketight buddy, sure. >> the streamlining video plan for friends that's not on the books. just how many people share passwords to access movies and tv shows? ,,,,,,
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major clean up of a large homeless encampment. clearing out the city of san jose started a major clean-up of a large homeless encampment. crews started clearing out camps by kelly park. the city says that somewhere between 150 and 175 homeless residents live there. so that's why they're residents. in the park crews found an outhouse and a television powered by a generator. >> poses a serious health risk. it poses a risk to the community and to the environment, as well. >> crews expect to take days to clean up the area. the city just did a sweep of the camps last october. more bay area headlines. stores inside a san jose mall are back open for business
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after a gas leak prompted evacuations today. construction crews hit a high pressure line in the parking lot of valley fair mall this morning. authorities forced dozens of employees out of the stores. pg&e crews capped the leak just before noon. an annual celebration in golden gate park left behind an ugly mess. according to the "chronicle," nearly 15,000 people showed up for this weekend's 420 party. and they left behind a ton of trash.thea up tab for the city, $10,000. a dangerous stunt that starts with a spoonful of cinnamon. the health risks connected to this viral challenge. >> also, instant access to free movies thanks to a password shared between friends. why some companies are letting this sneaky practice slide.
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but ws as we mentioned, the bay area's sixth grader wounded in the attacks is still in a boston hospital. but kpix 5's john ramos shows us aaron hern's friends back home in martinez are making sure he knows they're right there with him. reporter: many of the kids at martinez junior high school hadn't yet been born when the last terror attack happened in this country. so when one of their classmates
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was injured in the boston bombings, it was a shock. >> that is terrible. the worst thing ever. >> i was scared. i was like i really hoped this didn't happen near us. >> reporter: but rather than give in to fear, the students decided to send 11-year-old aaron hern a message. >> you have a friend in me. ♪[ music ] schot a li hollywood as they fi youtube video for their classmate. the camera traveled from room to room with kids offering signs of encouragement. aaron's math teacher says the students took the project so seriously, that she was able to shoot it in mostly single takes. >> we actually asked the kids what message do you want to send? i kept getting, we've got your back. we've got your back. which, you know, was just pretty cool. >> reporter: tammany says the video steamed to calm student fierce and gave a sense of empowerment as the whole school worked together to encourage aaron. you think this video is going to help him?
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>> yeah. i think everyone that saw it was almost in tears. it was just such a great video. >> i hope is that when he saw that video that he felt safe and that everybody cares and that we want him to get better soon. >> reporter: and something else happened too. by coming together to focus on their injured classmate, the school has become unified like never before. >> where people who hated each other before, now they're almost best friends now because of this, because they realize that dumb fighting over -- fighting with each other shouldn't be more important than aaron getting better, that he is important right now and that we want to show that to him. >> reporter: and now once again, the students have become the teacher. in martinez, john ramos, kpix 5. >> just hours ago, a big smile on aaron's face when oakland as surprised him with a hospital
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visit. as batting coach, first baseman brandon moss and right fielder josh reddick stopped by to see how he is doing. they said they want to honor him at a home game later this season. aaron had a high-profile visit last week from first lady michelle obama and certainly his classmates are rooting him on and glad to see him come meo the bay area very soon passwords are supposed to be a secret. come on. but it's no secret a lot of people share the passwords with friends, especially if you are going to watch hbo or netflix. consumerwatch reporter julie watts on whether people who do that should be worried about it. reporter: steven miller wants hbo. >> i'm a big bill maher fan. >> reporter: he just doesn't want everything that comes with it. >> you have to pay for comcast or dish and you have to buy the basic programs of which contain so many things i don't want to watch it's ridiculous. >> reporter: so he has come up with a workaround to watch his favorite show. he uses hbo go with a borrowed
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password. >> someone was kind enough to loan me their password and their id. >> reporter: and he is not alone. >> i do share some passwords, yeah. >> if a tight buddy, sure. >> reporter: by one estimate, 10 million people watch netflix for free by gging in as onelse and at least some are breaking the law by accessing paid content for free. >> if the government wanted to be aggressive with password sharing, they could make it a flown. >> reporter: charges from computer fraud to unauthorized access depending on the terms of service. for instance, netflix allows subscribers to watch shows on six different devices while hbo go requires every user to be a subscriber. but he says media companies don't exactly enforce those rules anyway. >> they are able to accept a certain amount of password sharing because it contributes to the popularity of the show. >> reporter: but he warns that tolerance could change as it
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begins to affect their bottom line. steven miller says he wouldn't mind paying for hbo as long as that's all he has to pay for. >> why can't i just pay for something i want to watch? >> reporter: now, if someone did choose to press charges, piraters could face jail and could be prosecuted for identi theft, although that's never happened. and remember, if you have a coumer problem, give us a call, 1-888-5-helps-u. >> i know my son shares a password. >> a lot of parents share with kids and it depends on the terps of service, the company you're -- the terms of service, the company you're talking about and whether it's legal under the terms of service. felt like a heat wave today. brian is here to tell us about it. warm. >> aptly done. we are looking athe some highs around the bay area today and it's hot out there in livermore 89 degrees. that was like a record. if you are that hot in livermore, here's one thing you can do. tell your kids to go jump in the lake or the fountain downtown. that was one way to cool off down there. that's what they did.
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kind of a tradition in downtown livermore. for us 89 in concord, in oakland 75. livermore 89. and right now if that goes down officially with the national weather service, that will be a record for the date. at airport, sfo 74. santa rosa 86 today. if you are heading out to the game tonight all this warm weather translates into mighty fine baseball weather ni 7:15 against the diamdbacks. city 68 degrees at game time at 7:15. tonight a few puffs of low clouds an indication of what's to come a cooling trend for the bay area. by 8:00 tonight in the mid-60s around the bay but still mid- 70s inland lie 8 p.m. so warm inland and nice elsewhere. plenty of clear skies. we have high pressure that's hanging in long enough to give us warm weather again on tuesday. low clouds are on the way from the south cooling us down a little bit tomorrow. and then really cooler on wednesday and on thursday. so a bit cooler tomorrow, much cooler wednesday. and a sunny and mild weekend on tap for the bay area. high pressure is going to --
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it's not going to weaken that much. we have a southerly surge of low clouds off the shoreline bringing us down a little bit so one more warm day until we plunge back into the 70s inland and that's not so bad either. you can see the low clouds coming up to monterey by the end of the time lapse here. that's going to cool us down a little bit to 69 in the city tomorrow. 81 oakland. 80 san jose. livermore all the way down to 85. 84 for napaand 82 in santa rosa. the look ahead again one more warm day and then we'll be back into the 70s inland. thursday looks like the coolest day and by the weekend we'll have a nice mild weekend with the usual low clouds at the shore. not bad. >> thank you. all right. coming up a new warning for kids who play hard in sports. why experts say young athletes should branch out and the practice that may increase their risk for severe injuries.
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both at the same time! with you are trying -- if you are trying to get into shape, what should come first, diet orexis? experts say both at the same
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time. researchers from stanford found that focusing on diet first, which many weight loss programs encourage, may not be beneficial. dieting and exercise at the same time yields the best fitness results. but if you had to pick one, experts say you're likely better off with physical activity first. it's a viral game played with a spoon full of cinnamon. now we're learning about the dangerous consequences about the so-called cinnamon challenge. this stunt shoveling ground cinnamon into your mouth within 60 seconds without water. doctors say doing that may lead to breathing problems that may even collapse your lungs. all right. a new warning about kids who play hard. doctors are seeing more young athletes suffering injuries such as stress fractures. cbs reporter duarte geraldino explains why those most at risk are the ones who specialize in one sport. reporter: >> what's up? how are you today? >> reporter: the 16-year-old is
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a track star at teaneck high school, new jersey, running 10 miles a day. >> 7 days a week, whatever the weather is. got to run. >> reporter: but now dr. jason baines ordered him off the field because of a stress fracture. >> so me exactly with one finger where the majority of the pain is. >> right about here. >> reporter: loyola university researchers studied more than 1200 patients between the ages of 8 and 18. they found young athletes like robinson who train intensively in one sport are more likely to suffer stress fractures and overseer just overuse injuries. >> this injury usually occurs when a person has doing the same activity over and over again for a period of nine to twelve months. >> reporter: experts say children and teens are more prone to getting hurt playing sports because their bodies are still growing and are not able to tolerate physical stress. dr. baines encourages you know athletes to take at least one day off from training each week. >> take at least a month off between seasons to let your
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body fully recuperate after a long season. when i say a month, roughly three to four weeks. >> reporter: he also says children and teens have you had not play sports for more hours than their age each week so when robinson fully recovers, he should not run more than 16 hours per week. >> no worse feeling than not being able to be out there with your team. >> reporter: his doctor expects him to be back on track ring thin new york, duarte geraldino kpix 5. >> well, researchers also suggest children should not specialize in a sport before late adolescence. now for a look at what's ahead on the "cbs evening news." scott pelley is in new york. scott? >> hi, allen and juliette. great to be with you in the bay area. our sources are telling us that the suspect in the boston marathon bombings has been cooperating with authorities from his hospital bed. we'll tell you what information he has given to the fbi tonight on the "cbs evening news." ,,,,,,,,,,
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push to protect crowds at b bay area events - meets resistance a plan to beef u new at 6:00 even in the wake of the boston bombings a push to protect crowds at big bay area events meets resistance. why critics say a plan to beef up security could be a gateway to abuse. >> and how a tree cut down more than a century ago is being cloned to save bay area redwood city. that and more tonight at 6:00. >> the "cbs evening news with scott pelley." >> see you at 6:00.
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>> pelley: tonight, the prosecution begins. one man is charged with terrorism, hundreds honor the fallen and the nation pauses to rememb bob orr with the government's new marathon bombing revelations. elaine quijano on how boston paid its respects. and we'll talk to the neighbor who recently argued with one of the suspects. >> he was explaining how the bible is a cheap copy of the koran and how it's used as an excuse to invade other countries. >> pelley: flooding in ten states along the missouri and mississippi. and don dahler with steve byrnes whose life was changed in the flash of a marathon bombing.

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